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MechWarrior Online updates with Death's Knell, Bitching Betty
by Steve Watts, Jan 23, 2013 4:15pm PSTMechWarrior Online has updated with a familiar sound cue from the classic games, and a newly available Death's Knell mech in the MWO store. The "Bitching Betty" start-up sequence from the original games joins the female cockpit voice added to the game late last year to help replicate the experience for old-timers.
The Death's Knell mech, meanwhile, is a fast and agile machine with 176 armor and four medium lasers. It also serves as a money-making venture, and by "money" we mean "virtual MechWarrior currency." The Death's Knell gets a 30% C-Bill bonus, so you can use it to boost your cash a bit faster than you can in a standard mech.
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MechWarrior Online has updated with a new "Death's Knell" mech in the store, and the "Bitching Betty" start-up sound cue from the classic games.
MechWarrior Online has updated with a new "Death's Knell" mech in the store, and the "Bitching Betty" start-up sound cue from the classic games. : Shacknews
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Also movement feels more connected to the terrain, where every bump is felt now...feels a lot more fluid.
On top of that, they eliminated the "8-bit" bug, the "black screen" bug, and the 4 frames per second bug. The "yellow screen" bug remains apparantly, but I didn't see it come up once for the 2 or 3 hours I played last night.
There is one bug that was introduced though with this new patch, and it is that mechs sometimes appear skimming along the ground without their walking animation. I haven't seen it mentioned in the forums though interestingly enough.
Overall, an excellent patch, and only one major hurdle left as far as what is left to be fixed mechanically with this game engine. There remains one major bug that the devs are aware of, and that is damage taken from the back does not properly transfer to the front of the mech...basically damage is lost, as well as damage taken through a missing component gets lost and does not transfer to the inner torsos like it should. The devs say they should have this patched out by February.
That month also marks when the next new map will be released, and in March, we get an additional map...so things are looking up in the mech world!!
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